Lap-table for steamer-chairs.



R. A. LARSON.

LAP TABLE FOR STEAMER CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22.1916- L$M8JL w, Patented NW. 27, 1917.

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LAP TABLE FOR STEAMER CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 22.1916.

11. 1]. JPatentedl Nov 27, 1917.

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W/rMsEs ATTORNEYS RU 'IDOLIPH AUGUST LARSON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LAP-TABLE FOR STEAMER-GHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2?, 191W.

Application filed June 22, 1916. Serial No. 105,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH A. LARSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lap-Table for Steamer-Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To provide an auxiliary member which may be converted at will into a table or rest without relinquishing the leg rest; to provide amember of the character mentioned which may be folded within small compass on the leg rest member; to provide a support for said member which may be used for locking the lap table in the position where it is folded on the leg rest; and to simplify the construction and reduce the cost thereof.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a steamer chair having a leg rest and lap table thereon constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, and showing, in dotted lines, the raised position of the table;

Fig. 2 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing one side edge of the leg rest and lap table folded thereon;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other side of the said leg rest and table;

Fig. 1 is a detail view showing in perspective, fragments of the leg rest and table, the parts being arranged to illustrate the method of mounting said table on said rest;

Fig. 5 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing the under side of the leg rest and a portion of the table;

Fig. 6 is a section on an enlarged scale, the section being taken as on the line 6-6 in Figs. 2 and 5;

Fig. 7 is a section showing fragments of the leg rest and table, the section being taken as on the line 7-7 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a supporting hook with which the arms of the chair are provided;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the leg rest and table actively disposed when the use of the leg rest as such is discontinued;

Fig. 10 is a detail view on an enlarged scale showing the manner of connecting the leg rest when constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, with the seat of the usual steamer chair;

Fig. 11 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing a fragment of the seat structure and one of the supports for the leg rest and table when disposed as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings;

Fig. 12 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing fragments of the table and the locking strap therefor when said table and strap are disposed as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings;

Fig. 13 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing an improved means for operatively connecting the leg rest and table with the arms of the usual steamer chair.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, the leg rest 12 is preferably a solid shelf-like member. It is provided at the side edges and adjacent the inner end, with laterally-extended hooks 13. The hooks 13 pivotally engage the hinge sockets 14 with which the chair seat 15 is provided. Pivotally attached in a convenient manner to the leg rest 12, adjacent the forward edge thereof, are the swinging legs 16. Upon the under side of the leg rest 12, a channel member 17 is secured.

Within the channel member above mentioned, is slidably mounted a supporting rod 18, for which the member 17 forms a housing. The rod 18 is provided at the ends thereof, with pivoted sections 19 and 20. The section 19 has a head 21, which is engaged by a short channel section 22 se cured to the leg rest at the end of the member 17 This construction is best shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. The section 20 is pivotally housed in a short channel section 23 with which the table 2 1 is provided, the sections 19 and 20 being both pivotally secured on the rod 18 by hinge pins 25, (see Fig. 6 of the drawings).

The table 24 has at the forward and rear edges, guide flanges 26. The guide flanges 26 nest in rabbets formed on the forward and rear edges of the leg rest 12. The rabbets and flanges form guides whereby the table may slide accurately into position on the leg rest without jamming the rod 18 in the channel member 17. The table 24 is furnished at one edge with a retaining pin 27, as best seen inFig. 30f the drawings.v The pin 27, has anenlargedhead for engagement by a locking strap 28, which has a slot 29, whichpasses over the shank of the pin 27. The strap 28 is pivotally mounted by a pin 30 on the leg rest 12 adjacent one of the hooks 13. At the opposite end of said strap, a slot isgformed to-engage a headed pin3l-..

Then the strap is disposed as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in engagement with both the pins 27 and 31, the table 24: is rigidly held on and in register with the leg rest 12, completely coveringthe upper surface thereof. In this position, the legs of the occupant of the chair rest upon the upper surface of the table 24.

Then the table 24 is disposed in the service peculiar thereto, the table is removed from the leg rest 12, first lifting the strap 28 to the position substantially as shown. in

dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. For

this purpose, said strap is provided with a tab 82, to receive which the table has a recess 33. The table being thus releasedis drawn laterally outward until the head 21 of the section 19 is arrested by engaging the channel section 22. In this position, the pivot joint between the rod 18 and the section 19 is exposed. The table is then swung upward over the lap of the occupant of the chair, and the end of the strap 28 is placed in the recess 45 formed in said table at the forward edge thereof.

When the table is raised as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the in ner, ends are supported by the pins 35 with which said table is provided. These pins enter the hooks 36 formed in the ends of the arms of the chair, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 8 of the drawings.

It will be noted that the hooks 86 are shaped like bayonet slots having an offset dependent inner end which forms a pivot socket for the pins 35. This prevents the dislodgment of the pins from the hooks by, a rearward thrust of the table 2 1, which can'- not occur until the rearward edge thereof having the pins 35 is lifted to a line with the rearwardeopening portions of the said hooks.

As seen best in Fig. 9 of the drawings, the leg rest and table are sometimes used as a serving table, disconnecting the leg rest from the seat portion of the chair, and lifting the same for connection with the arms of the chair. The legs 16 are then disposed as shown best in Figs. 9 and 11, to rest in recesses formed at the ends of the front cross bar 88 of the chair seat. The arms of the chair as shown best in Fig. 13, are provided with forwardly-opening-bayor net grooves 39, the inner ends of which are dropped to form sockets 4:0. Tohold the hook ends 11 of brackets, 42 in the sockets 40, there are provided leaf springs 43,

onebeing rigidly mounted in each of the grooves 39':

Claims.

1. The combination of a chair embodying a leg rest: and side arms; a table for folding on said leg rest in registered relation therewith supporting means' pivzotally connecting said table and leg rest permanently; and connecting means for temporarily uniting said table and said side arms for supporting the rear edge of said table, said connecting means embodying a plu rality of" pins extended from the lateral edges of said table, and rearwardly-opening slots provided on said arms.

2. The combination of achair embodying a leg rest and side arms; a table for folding on said leg rest in registered relation therewith; supporting means pivotally' connecting saidtable and leg rest permanently; and connecting means for temporarily uniting said table and saidsidearms for supporting the rear edge of said table, said 1 connecting means embodying a: plurality of pins extended from the lateral edges ofsaid table, and a plurality of bayonet slotsfor receiving said. pins for holding the same against disengagement by pressure applied to the table from infront. V

3. The combination of av chair having a leg rest and side arms; a table forfold-ing on said leg rest in registered relation therewith; supporting means connecting said table and leg rest, said means embodying an elongated rod and short sections pivot ally connected therewith,v one of said sections being permanently mounted in. said table and the other section being permanently mounted in said leg rest; and: connecting means for temporarily uniting said table and said side arms for supportingthe rear edge of said table on said side arms.

1. The combination of a chair having a leg rest and side arms; a. table for folding on said leg rest inregistered relation therewith; supporting means connecting said table and leg rest, said means embodying an elongated rod and short sections pivotally connected therewith, one of said sections being permanently mounted in said table and the other section being permanently mounted in said leg rest; a channel member for housing said rod when inactively disposed on said leg rest; connecting means for temporarily uniting in service relation said table and saidside arms for supporting the rear edge of said table; andmeans for lock.- ing said table in registered'relation to said leg rest. 1

5. The combination of a chair having a leg; restand sidearms; a table for folding onvsaid'leg rest in registered relation therewith; supporting means connecting said table and" leg rest, said means embodying an elongated rod and short sections pivotally connected therewith, one of said sections being permanently mounted in said table and the other section being permanently mounted in said leg rest; a channel member for housing said rod When inactively disposed on said leg rest; connecting means for temporarily uniting in service relation said table and said side arms for supporting the rear edge of said table; and means for looking said table in registered relation to said leg rest, said means embodying an elon gated member pivotally mounted on said leg rest and extensible for supporting said table in conjunction with said rod.

6. The combination of a chair having a leg rest and side arms; a table for folding on said leg rest in registered relation therewith; supporting means connecting said table and leg rest, said means embodying an elongated rod and short sections pivotally connected therewith, one of said sections being permanently mounted in said table and the other section being permanently mounted in said leg rest; a channel member for housing said rod when inactively disposed on said leg rest; connecting means for temporarily uniting in service relation said table and said side arms for supporting the rear edge of said table; and means for locking said table in registered relation to said leg rest, said means embodying an elongated member pivotally mounted on said leg rest and extensible for supporting said table in conjunction With said rod, said member being flush With the upper and lower surfaces of said table and rest respectively when nested.

RUDOLPH AUGUST LARSON.

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